SELINSGROVE , PA – Susquehanna University junior defensive end Nick Defoe has been selected as the winner of the team's Gus Weber Crusader Player of the Week, sponsored by the Golden Corral Family Steak House along Routes 11 & 15 in Shamokin Dam.

Defoe (Westport, CT/Staples) made a career-high eight tackles (all solo), with four for losses totaling 13 yards and two sacks in the Crusaders' 14-3 loss to King's on Saturday.

The Golden Corral will donate a check for $100 in the name of Defoe to the charity of his choice during Friday's Quarterback Club luncheon at noon in the Apple Community Room in the James W. Garrett Sports Complex.

Now in their 10th year of sponsorship of the Gus Weber Player of the Week award, Golden Corral has donated $8,400 to charity in the names of Susquehanna players.

The Player of the Week award is named after former Susquehanna University president Gustave Weber, who served as president of Susquehanna for more than 18 years and was a former standout player at Wagner College. He was an avid booster of Crusader athletics, and in particular the football team, which he coached for the final two games of the 1965 season.

The Crusaders (1-3 overall, 1-2 MAC) travel to Juniata for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday.